“But you have a rich aunt, haven’t you?” said Mrs. Rosscott. “I thought that I had heard about your aunt.”
“Oh, yes, I have a rich aunt,” Jack said, laughing, “and I can assure you that if I am not much credit to my aunt, my aunt is the greatest possible credit to me.”
“Yes, I’ve heard that, too,” said Mrs. Rosscott, joining in the laugh, “you see I’m well posted.”
“If you’re so well posted as to me,” Jack said, “do be kind and post me a little as to yourself. You don’t need information and I do.”
She turned and looked at him.
“What shall I tell you first?” she inquired.
“Tell me what you like and what you don’t like—and that will give me courage to do the same later,” he added boldly.
She laughed outright at that and then sobered quickly.
“I told you that I liked to drive and to do everything,” she said lightly; “what else do you want to know about?”
“What you dislike.”